3D model of slave ship brings harrowing history to life
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3D model of slave ship brings harrowing history to life
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#2Weird. Because of privacy settings I can't view the 3d model walk-through video. Anyone else getting the issue? I disabled ublock but no dice.
Re: 3D model of slave ship brings harrowing history to life
#3> Between 1500 and 1867, some 40,000 voyages carried 12.5 million Africans to the Americas, where they were sold into slavery.
As far as I'm aware, the majority were sold into slavery in Africa, and then resold elsewhere.
(making the distinction because it's important to why there are still open slave markets in parts of Africa)
Re: 3D model of slave ship brings harrowing history to life
#4> Between 1500 and 1867, some 40,000 voyages carried 12.5 million Africans to the Americas, where they were sold into slavery. As far as I'm aware, the majority were sold into slavery in Africa , and then resold elsewhere. (making the distinction because it's important to why there are still open slave markets in parts of Africa)
Strictly speaking you are enslaved the moment someone has captured you with the purpose of selling you to another person. Can you explain in more detail why you think this fine distinction is needed?
Re: 3D model of slave ship brings harrowing history to life
#5> Between 1500 and 1867, some 40,000 voyages carried 12.5 million Africans to the Americas, where they were sold into slavery. As far as I'm aware, the majority were sold into slavery in Africa , and then resold elsewhere. (making the distinction because it's important to why there are still open slave markets in parts of Africa)
Strictly speaking you are enslaved the moment someone has captured you with the purpose of selling you to another person. Can you explain in more detail why you think this fine distinction is needed?
Because it is important to understanding the economic structure of slavery, why the Scramble for Africa only happened in the 1880s, and to understand the context for some of the pro-imperialist rhetoric in Europe which led up to the Scramble for Africa.
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#6> Between 1500 and 1867, some 40,000 voyages carried 12.5 million Africans to the Americas, where they were sold into slavery. As far as I'm aware, the majority were sold into slavery in Africa , and then resold elsewhere. (making the distinction because it's important to why there are still open slave markets in parts of Africa)
Wikipedia seems to confirm this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade#African_p...
Re: 3D model of slave ship brings harrowing history to life
#7> Between 1500 and 1867, some 40,000 voyages carried 12.5 million Africans to the Americas, where they were sold into slavery. As far as I'm aware, the majority were sold into slavery in Africa , and then resold elsewhere. (making the distinction because it's important to why there are still open slave markets in parts of Africa)
A lot of slaves were prisoners of war traded for western guns. All the more terrible for the reason African slavers were made more powerful thanks to their trade with Western ones.
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#8Weird. Because of privacy settings I can't view the 3d model walk-through video. Anyone else getting the issue? I disabled ublock but no dice. https://slavevoyages.org/voyage/ship
It seems like you need to allow cookies for player.vimeo.com to get past that dialog.
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#9> Between 1500 and 1867, some 40,000 voyages carried 12.5 million Africans to the Americas, where they were sold into slavery. As far as I'm aware, the majority were sold into slavery in Africa , and then resold elsewhere. (making the distinction because it's important to why there are still open slave markets in parts of Africa)
It goes back to Roman times too, throughout the region, and widespread. The Mamluk armies were entirely non-muslim slave armies, mainly of European origin, and persisted for a thousand years until the arrival of Napoleon. Historically it was deeply entwined in the culture.
The first encounter for much of Europe with African slavery were the millions of Europeans who found themselves sold to the African and Arabic slavers or captured by the Barbary pirates. There were even slaving raids to parts of the European coasts in the early Middle Ages.
Which is not to downplay the effects of the trans Atlantic slave trade, just to put it in context a little.
Re: 3D model of slave ship brings harrowing history to life
#10This model is cool, but also clinical: if you're interested in understanding what it was like to be an African kidnapped and sold via the Atlantic slave trade, consider reading Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon[1] or Aley Haley's Roots[2].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracoon:_The_Story_of_the_La...
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots:_The_Saga_of_an_American...